There was a sucessful international dissemination conference called „Pasts of the Earth – The Man and Landscape interactionas during the historical times" which was hold in occassion of Hungarian Science Festival and delt with the interdisciplinary cooperation betwen Archeology and Earth Science sin case of Polish and Hungarian scientific collaborations.The conference was organized by the Eszterházy Károly University (Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Eger), the Eötvös Loránd University (Institute of the Archeological Science. Budapest), the Dobó István Castle Museum (Eger), the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) and Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU, Kraków) at 18th of November in 2016 in our institute.During this conference, the audience could get some scientific information about actual Paleolithic, Mezolithic and Neolithic archeological investigations and their Earth Science investigations and paleobotanical research works in the Bükkalja Foothill Areas, the Mátraalja Foothill Areas and the Zemplén Mountains. Our presenters came from Poland and Hungary who were members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences mainly.

The conference was opened by Erika Pénzes-Kónya Erika (Dean of the Nature Science, EKE); Dr. Csaba Patkós (Head of the Institute of the Geography and Environmental Sciences, EKE), Mázyás Berecz (Head of the Dobó István castle Museum); Prof. Pál Raczky (ELTE RI, Budapest) and Prof. Janusz K. Kozłowski (PAU, Krakkó). The language of the conference was Hungarian and English.The scientific orginezers and narrators of this conference were Anna Dobos PhD. (EKE, Eger) and Zsolt Mester PhD. (ELTE, Budapest).The organization of this international conference was based a common cooperation among the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences (EKE, Eger), the X. Earth Science Class of the HAS (Physical Geographical, Geological and Paleonthological Committes) and II. Philosophical and Historical Science Class of the HAS (Archeological Scientifical Committee).The main themes of the conference were the connection between Man and the Landscape in Hungarian pediments or the Great Hungarian Plain. The main investigated historical period were the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods and the investigated geological period was the Quaternary period.The meeting gave a possibility for showing actual scientific results for our collegues in Geography, Archeology, Botany and Paleonthology and our students and scientists could speak about their field works, scientific results amd new methods as well.The conference was important to organize further investigations and publications among scientists too.

We would like to thank for the conference organizers - for our collegues (Edina Simon, Katalin Antal-György and Ildikó Katona) and our students on Geography and Environmental Sciences (Gábor Bence Szladky, Gyula Sigér, Viktória Kinga Kovács, Mercédesz Németh, Dorina Kirják and Boglárka Tóth) their working and helping. The coffee breaks and Lunch time were guaranteed by collagues of the Senator House (Eger).The scientific programme was funded by the Lyceum Pro Scientiis Foundation and the Agria Geografia Foundation.Thank our Institute and Dr. János Ollé, PhD (the Vice-Rector for Science, Research and International Affairs, EKE) the possibility to organizing this international conference at Eszterházy Károly University.*****

Each presentation lasted 20–25 minutes + 5–10 minutes discussion.Thank you for our Hungarian and Polish collegues taking part and giving presentations in this dissemination conference in Eger.***Organizing institutes: